Iranian student teams win 11 medals at FIRA 2025 robotics in S. Korea
Iranian student and school teams captured five golds, four silvers and two bronzes at the 30th FIRA World Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Championships held in Busan, South Korea, the country’s vice presidency for science and technology said on Sunday.
The weeklong competition, which ran alongside the International Symposium on Robotics and AI, brought together leading teams from across the globe to showcase their latest breakthroughs, IRNA reported.
Iran’s delegation, supported by the vice presidency, highlighted its “creativity and skill” by standing on the podium in several categories, from autonomous driving to aerial robotics.
Among the top prizes, the Negaresh Rastajou student team won the high-speed aerial drones league, while Salam Dibaji Robotics clinched the under-19 sports robots title. The Hades team triumphed in the urban autonomous vehicles league, and Iranian squads swept both youth and adult divisions of the innovation and business league.
Other Iranian groups also placed in the autonomous vehicles, business innovation and under-19 sports leagues, taking home silver and bronze medals.
The FIRA 2025 championships, staged from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17, drew hundreds of teams from around the world. Organizers said the event offered a stage for “cutting-edge” advances in robotics and AI, while giving young engineers a chance to pit their designs against the best in the field.